A drone video provided to The WorldPost by the MajuroWater and Sewer Company shows the seven freshwater reservoirs near Majuro's international airport. The airport's runway is the catchment area that fills these reservoirs: rain falls on the tarmac and is funneled to pipes underground, then pumped into the holding pools. During intense drought, when little rain falls, these reservoirs can become dangerously depleted
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This short film – originally titled as "YanksInvade the Marshall Islands" – is an amazing World War 2-era newsreel about the Marshall Islands Campaign.
In thePacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands Campaign (Jan - Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire. The purpose of the Campaign was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming Allied operations across the Central Pacific. The battle for the Marshall Islands was one of the most significant battles of the Pacific War.
The scenes of the newsreel were filmed under fire by combat photographers.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The Marshalls, east of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, had been in Japanese hands since World War 1. Occupied by the Japanese in 1914, they were made part of the “Japanese Mandated Islands” as determined by the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded the First World War, stipulated certain islands formerly controlled by Germany – including the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas (except Guam – had to be ceded to the Japanese, though “overseen” by the League. But the Japanese withdrew from the League in 1933 and began transforming the Mandated Islands into military bases. Non-Japanese, including Christian missionaries, were kept from the islands as naval and air bases – meant to threaten shipping lanes between Australia and Hawaii – were constructed.
During the Second World War, these islands, as well as others in the vicinity, became targets of Allied attacks. The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign began with the Gilbert Islands, south of the Mandated Islands; U.S. forces conquered the Gilberts in November 1943. Next on the agenda was Operation Flintlock, a plan to capture the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault. AdmiralRaymond Spruance led the 5th Fleet from Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, to the Marshalls, with the goal of getting 53,000 assault troops ashore two islets in the north: Roi and Namur. Meanwhile, using the Gilberts as an air base, American planes bombed the Japanese administrative and communications center for the Marshalls, which was located on Kwajalein, an atoll in the south that was part of the Marshall cluster of atolls, islets, and reefs.
By January 31, Kwajalein was devastated. Repeated carrier- and land-based air raids eliminated every Japanese airplane on the Marshalls. By February 3, U.S. marines overran Roi and Namur atolls. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. The Marshalls were then effectively in American hands – with the loss of only 400 American lives.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the U.S.U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944
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NOTE: THE VIDEO DOCUMENTS HISTORICAL EVENTS. SINCE IT WAS PRODUCED DECADES AGO, IT HAS HISTORICAL VALUES AND CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A VALUABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN UPLOADED WITH EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. ITS TOPIC IS REPRESENTED WITHIN HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THE VIDEO DOES NOT CONTAIN SENSITIVE SCENES AT ALL!

Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

published:18 Apr 2016

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Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

Operation Crossroads was a series of two nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships.
The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by JointArmy/NavyTask Force One, headed by Vice AdmiralWilliam H. P. Blandy, rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in BikiniLagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ).
The first test was Able. The bomb, named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 eponymous film, was dropped from the B-29 SuperfortressDave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946, and detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet. It caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb, known as Helen of Bikini, was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep water test, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast.
Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island, with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

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On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
Full episodes of Democracy Now! can be viewed at the link: https://www.freespeech.org/collection/democracy-now

published:26 Sep 2014

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The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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Micronesian colonists gradually settled the Marshall Islands during the 2nd millennium BC, with inter-island navigation made possible using traditional stick charts. Islands in the archipelago were first explored by Europeans in the 1520s, with Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar sighting an atoll in August 1526. Other expeditions by Spanish and English ships followed. The islands derive their name from British explorer John Marshall, who visited in 1788. The islands were historically known by the inhabitants as "jolet jen Anij" (Gifts from God).

An island may be described as such despite the presence of an artificial land bridge, for example Singapore and its causeway, or the various Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde. Some places may even retain "island" in their names for historical reasons after being connected to a larger landmass by a wide land bridge, such as Coney Island or Coronado Island. Conversely, when a piece of land is separated from the mainland by a man-made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal, it is generally not considered an island.

There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands.

Marshall Plan (also known as "European Recovery Program"), United States plan (named for Secretary of State George Marshall) for rebuilding the allied countries of Europe and repelling communism after World War II

Marshall Scholarship, awarded to graduating American undergraduates by the British government, in commemoration of the Marshall Plan

Marshall Scholarship, awarded to graduating American undergraduates by the British government, in commemoration of the Marshall Plan

A drone video provided to The WorldPost by the MajuroWater and Sewer Company shows the seven freshwater reservoirs near Majuro's international airport. The airport's runway is the catchment area that fills these reservoirs: rain falls on the tarmac and is funneled to pipes underground, then pumped into the holding pools. During intense drought, when little rain falls, these reservoirs can become dangerously depleted
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U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

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This short film – originally titled as "YanksInvade the Marshall Islands" – is an amazing World War 2-era newsreel about the Marshall Islands Campaign.
In thePacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands Campaign (Jan - Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire. The purpose of the Campaign was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming Allied operations across the Central Pacific. The battle for the Marshall Islands was one of the most significant battles of the Pacific War.
The scenes of the newsreel were filmed under fire by combat photographers.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The Marshalls, east of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, had been in Japanese hands since World War 1. Occupied by the Japanese in 1914, they were made part of the “Japanese Mandated Islands” as determined by the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded the First World War, stipulated certain islands formerly controlled by Germany – including the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas (except Guam – had to be ceded to the Japanese, though “overseen” by the League. But the Japanese withdrew from the League in 1933 and began transforming the Mandated Islands into military bases. Non-Japanese, including Christian missionaries, were kept from the islands as naval and air bases – meant to threaten shipping lanes between Australia and Hawaii – were constructed.
During the Second World War, these islands, as well as others in the vicinity, became targets of Allied attacks. The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign began with the Gilbert Islands, south of the Mandated Islands; U.S. forces conquered the Gilberts in November 1943. Next on the agenda was Operation Flintlock, a plan to capture the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault. AdmiralRaymond Spruance led the 5th Fleet from Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, to the Marshalls, with the goal of getting 53,000 assault troops ashore two islets in the north: Roi and Namur. Meanwhile, using the Gilberts as an air base, American planes bombed the Japanese administrative and communications center for the Marshalls, which was located on Kwajalein, an atoll in the south that was part of the Marshall cluster of atolls, islets, and reefs.
By January 31, Kwajalein was devastated. Repeated carrier- and land-based air raids eliminated every Japanese airplane on the Marshalls. By February 3, U.S. marines overran Roi and Namur atolls. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. The Marshalls were then effectively in American hands – with the loss of only 400 American lives.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the U.S.U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944
TBFA_0131 (DM_0069)
NOTE: THE VIDEO DOCUMENTS HISTORICAL EVENTS. SINCE IT WAS PRODUCED DECADES AGO, IT HAS HISTORICAL VALUES AND CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A VALUABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN UPLOADED WITH EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. ITS TOPIC IS REPRESENTED WITHIN HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THE VIDEO DOES NOT CONTAIN SENSITIVE SCENES AT ALL!

Marshall Islands and Climate Change

Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

1:03

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

Operation Crossroads Nuclear Bomb Test (1946)

Operation Crossroads was a series of two nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships.
The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by JointArmy/NavyTask Force One, headed by Vice AdmiralWilliam H. P. Blandy, rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in BikiniLagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ).
The first test was Able. The bomb, named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 eponymous film, was dropped from the B-29 SuperfortressDave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946, and detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet. It caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb, known as Helen of Bikini, was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep water test, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast.
Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island, with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

3:19

Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit

Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit

Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
Full episodes of Democracy Now! can be viewed at the link: https://www.freespeech.org/collection/democracy-now

The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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3:32

#Breaking Iran has detained a Marshall Island Flag Ship NOT A US SHIP!

#Breaking Iran has detained a Marshall Island Flag Ship NOT A US SHIP!

#Breaking Iran has detained a Marshall Island Flag Ship NOT A US SHIP!

A drone video provided to The WorldPost by the MajuroWater and Sewer Company shows the seven freshwater reservoirs near Majuro's international airport. The airport's runway is the catchment area that fills these reservoirs: rain falls on the tarmac and is funneled to pipes underground, then pumped into the holding pools. During intense drought, when little rain falls, these reservoirs can become dangerously depleted
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published: 22 Dec 2015

U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

Marshall Islands and Climate Change

Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

published: 18 Apr 2016

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
Full episodes of Democracy Now! can be viewed at the link: https://www.freespeech.org/collection/democracy-now

A drone video provided to The WorldPost by the MajuroWater and Sewer Company shows the seven freshwater reservoirs near Majuro's international airport. The airport's runway is the catchment area that fills these reservoirs: rain falls on the tarmac and is funneled to pipes underground, then pumped into the holding pools. During intense drought, when little rain falls, these reservoirs can become dangerously depleted
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A drone video provided to The WorldPost by the MajuroWater and Sewer Company shows the seven freshwater reservoirs near Majuro's international airport. The airport's runway is the catchment area that fills these reservoirs: rain falls on the tarmac and is funneled to pipes underground, then pumped into the holding pools. During intense drought, when little rain falls, these reservoirs can become dangerously depleted
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This short film – originally titled as "YanksInvade the Marshall Islands" – is an amazing World War 2-era newsreel about the Marshall Islands Campaign.
In thePacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands Campaign (Jan - Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire. The purpose of the Campaign was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming Allied operations across the Central Pacific. The battle for the Marshall Islands was one of the most significant battles of the Pacific War.
The scenes of the newsreel were filmed under fire by combat photographers.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The Marshalls, east of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, had been in Japanese hands since World War 1. Occupied by the Japanese in 1914, they were made part of the “Japanese Mandated Islands” as determined by the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded the First World War, stipulated certain islands formerly controlled by Germany – including the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas (except Guam – had to be ceded to the Japanese, though “overseen” by the League. But the Japanese withdrew from the League in 1933 and began transforming the Mandated Islands into military bases. Non-Japanese, including Christian missionaries, were kept from the islands as naval and air bases – meant to threaten shipping lanes between Australia and Hawaii – were constructed.
During the Second World War, these islands, as well as others in the vicinity, became targets of Allied attacks. The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign began with the Gilbert Islands, south of the Mandated Islands; U.S. forces conquered the Gilberts in November 1943. Next on the agenda was Operation Flintlock, a plan to capture the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault. AdmiralRaymond Spruance led the 5th Fleet from Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, to the Marshalls, with the goal of getting 53,000 assault troops ashore two islets in the north: Roi and Namur. Meanwhile, using the Gilberts as an air base, American planes bombed the Japanese administrative and communications center for the Marshalls, which was located on Kwajalein, an atoll in the south that was part of the Marshall cluster of atolls, islets, and reefs.
By January 31, Kwajalein was devastated. Repeated carrier- and land-based air raids eliminated every Japanese airplane on the Marshalls. By February 3, U.S. marines overran Roi and Namur atolls. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. The Marshalls were then effectively in American hands – with the loss of only 400 American lives.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the U.S.U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944
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NOTE: THE VIDEO DOCUMENTS HISTORICAL EVENTS. SINCE IT WAS PRODUCED DECADES AGO, IT HAS HISTORICAL VALUES AND CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A VALUABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN UPLOADED WITH EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. ITS TOPIC IS REPRESENTED WITHIN HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THE VIDEO DOES NOT CONTAIN SENSITIVE SCENES AT ALL!

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This short film – originally titled as "YanksInvade the Marshall Islands" – is an amazing World War 2-era newsreel about the Marshall Islands Campaign.
In thePacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands Campaign (Jan - Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire. The purpose of the Campaign was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming Allied operations across the Central Pacific. The battle for the Marshall Islands was one of the most significant battles of the Pacific War.
The scenes of the newsreel were filmed under fire by combat photographers.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The Marshalls, east of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, had been in Japanese hands since World War 1. Occupied by the Japanese in 1914, they were made part of the “Japanese Mandated Islands” as determined by the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded the First World War, stipulated certain islands formerly controlled by Germany – including the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas (except Guam – had to be ceded to the Japanese, though “overseen” by the League. But the Japanese withdrew from the League in 1933 and began transforming the Mandated Islands into military bases. Non-Japanese, including Christian missionaries, were kept from the islands as naval and air bases – meant to threaten shipping lanes between Australia and Hawaii – were constructed.
During the Second World War, these islands, as well as others in the vicinity, became targets of Allied attacks. The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign began with the Gilbert Islands, south of the Mandated Islands; U.S. forces conquered the Gilberts in November 1943. Next on the agenda was Operation Flintlock, a plan to capture the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault. AdmiralRaymond Spruance led the 5th Fleet from Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, to the Marshalls, with the goal of getting 53,000 assault troops ashore two islets in the north: Roi and Namur. Meanwhile, using the Gilberts as an air base, American planes bombed the Japanese administrative and communications center for the Marshalls, which was located on Kwajalein, an atoll in the south that was part of the Marshall cluster of atolls, islets, and reefs.
By January 31, Kwajalein was devastated. Repeated carrier- and land-based air raids eliminated every Japanese airplane on the Marshalls. By February 3, U.S. marines overran Roi and Namur atolls. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. The Marshalls were then effectively in American hands – with the loss of only 400 American lives.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the U.S.U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944
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Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping cent...

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

Operation Crossroads was a series of two nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships.
The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by JointArmy/NavyTask Force One, headed by Vice AdmiralWilliam H. P. Blandy, rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in BikiniLagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ).
The first test was Able. The bomb, named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 eponymous film, was dropped from the B-29 SuperfortressDave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946, and detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet. It caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb, known as Helen of Bikini, was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep water test, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast.
Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island, with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

Operation Crossroads was a series of two nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships.
The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by JointArmy/NavyTask Force One, headed by Vice AdmiralWilliam H. P. Blandy, rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in BikiniLagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ).
The first test was Able. The bomb, named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 eponymous film, was dropped from the B-29 SuperfortressDave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946, and detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet. It caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb, known as Helen of Bikini, was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep water test, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast.
Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island, with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
Full episodes of Democracy Now! can be viewed at the link: https://www.freespeech.org/collection/democracy-now

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
Full episodes of Democracy Now! can be viewed at the link: https://www.freespeech.org/collection/democracy-now

The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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#Breaking Iran has detained a Marshall Island Flag Ship NOT A US SHIP!

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In the Pacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands campaign (1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire.
This World War 2 documentary shows us how the U.S. Marines prepared to and invaded the Marshall Islands using tremendous firepower before landing troops. It contains very graphic battle footage, including dead, wounded, and surrendering Japanese soldiers, as well as dead and wounded Americans.
WW2Battles: Battle for the Marshall Islands | 1944 | WW2 Documentary Film with Graphic War Footage
Original title of the documentary: What Makes a Battle
About the Marshall Islands campaign:
In the Pacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands campaign (29 Jan 1944 - 21 Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps in the Central Pacific. The purpose was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming operations across the Central Pacific.
The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire.
About the Battle of Kwajalein:
The Battle of Kwajalein was fought as part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It took place from 31 January-3 February 1944, on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
In the months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Kwajalein Atoll was the administrative center of the Japanese 6th Fleet Forces Service, whose task was the defense of the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and Roi-Namur in the north. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping (leapfrogging) march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the US.

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In the Pacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands campaign (1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire.
This World War 2 documentary shows us how the U.S. Marines prepared to and invaded the Marshall Islands using tremendous firepower before landing troops. It contains very graphic battle footage, including dead, wounded, and surrendering Japanese soldiers, as well as dead and wounded Americans.
WW2Battles: Battle for the Marshall Islands | 1944 | WW2 Documentary Film with Graphic War Footage
Original title of the documentary: What Makes a Battle
About the Marshall Islands campaign:
In the Pacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands campaign (29 Jan 1944 - 21 Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps in the Central Pacific. The purpose was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming operations across the Central Pacific.
The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire.
About the Battle of Kwajalein:
The Battle of Kwajalein was fought as part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It took place from 31 January-3 February 1944, on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
In the months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Kwajalein Atoll was the administrative center of the Japanese 6th Fleet Forces Service, whose task was the defense of the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and Roi-Namur in the north. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping (leapfrogging) march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the US.

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published: 13 Jun 2014

Marshall Islands, Pacific Islands travel destination

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TOP TEN PLACES TO VISIT IN MARSHALL ISLANDS

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The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
You can add your travel video to this playlist for free https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx702ZtL-2slMBSpH9TlNb-Vj3Lnnbi-O

The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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A drone video provided to The WorldPost by the MajuroWater and Sewer Company shows the seven freshwater reservoirs near Majuro's international airport. The airport's runway is the catchment area that fills these reservoirs: rain falls on the tarmac and is funneled to pipes underground, then pumped into the holding pools. During intense drought, when little rain falls, these reservoirs can become dangerously depleted
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U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

Marshall Islands and Climate Change

Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

published: 18 Apr 2016

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
Full episodes of Democracy Now! can be viewed at the link: https://www.freespeech.org/collection/democracy-now

A drone video provided to The WorldPost by the MajuroWater and Sewer Company shows the seven freshwater reservoirs near Majuro's international airport. The airport's runway is the catchment area that fills these reservoirs: rain falls on the tarmac and is funneled to pipes underground, then pumped into the holding pools. During intense drought, when little rain falls, these reservoirs can become dangerously depleted
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A drone video provided to The WorldPost by the MajuroWater and Sewer Company shows the seven freshwater reservoirs near Majuro's international airport. The airport's runway is the catchment area that fills these reservoirs: rain falls on the tarmac and is funneled to pipes underground, then pumped into the holding pools. During intense drought, when little rain falls, these reservoirs can become dangerously depleted
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U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

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This short film – originally titled as "YanksInvade the Marshall Islands" – is an amazing World War 2-era newsreel about the Marshall Islands Campaign.
In thePacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands Campaign (Jan - Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire. The purpose of the Campaign was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming Allied operations across the Central Pacific. The battle for the Marshall Islands was one of the most significant battles of the Pacific War.
The scenes of the newsreel were filmed under fire by combat photographers.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The Marshalls, east of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, had been in Japanese hands since World War 1. Occupied by the Japanese in 1914, they were made part of the “Japanese Mandated Islands” as determined by the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded the First World War, stipulated certain islands formerly controlled by Germany – including the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas (except Guam – had to be ceded to the Japanese, though “overseen” by the League. But the Japanese withdrew from the League in 1933 and began transforming the Mandated Islands into military bases. Non-Japanese, including Christian missionaries, were kept from the islands as naval and air bases – meant to threaten shipping lanes between Australia and Hawaii – were constructed.
During the Second World War, these islands, as well as others in the vicinity, became targets of Allied attacks. The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign began with the Gilbert Islands, south of the Mandated Islands; U.S. forces conquered the Gilberts in November 1943. Next on the agenda was Operation Flintlock, a plan to capture the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault. AdmiralRaymond Spruance led the 5th Fleet from Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, to the Marshalls, with the goal of getting 53,000 assault troops ashore two islets in the north: Roi and Namur. Meanwhile, using the Gilberts as an air base, American planes bombed the Japanese administrative and communications center for the Marshalls, which was located on Kwajalein, an atoll in the south that was part of the Marshall cluster of atolls, islets, and reefs.
By January 31, Kwajalein was devastated. Repeated carrier- and land-based air raids eliminated every Japanese airplane on the Marshalls. By February 3, U.S. marines overran Roi and Namur atolls. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. The Marshalls were then effectively in American hands – with the loss of only 400 American lives.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the U.S.U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944
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This short film – originally titled as "YanksInvade the Marshall Islands" – is an amazing World War 2-era newsreel about the Marshall Islands Campaign.
In thePacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands Campaign (Jan - Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire. The purpose of the Campaign was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming Allied operations across the Central Pacific. The battle for the Marshall Islands was one of the most significant battles of the Pacific War.
The scenes of the newsreel were filmed under fire by combat photographers.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The Marshalls, east of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, had been in Japanese hands since World War 1. Occupied by the Japanese in 1914, they were made part of the “Japanese Mandated Islands” as determined by the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded the First World War, stipulated certain islands formerly controlled by Germany – including the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas (except Guam – had to be ceded to the Japanese, though “overseen” by the League. But the Japanese withdrew from the League in 1933 and began transforming the Mandated Islands into military bases. Non-Japanese, including Christian missionaries, were kept from the islands as naval and air bases – meant to threaten shipping lanes between Australia and Hawaii – were constructed.
During the Second World War, these islands, as well as others in the vicinity, became targets of Allied attacks. The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign began with the Gilbert Islands, south of the Mandated Islands; U.S. forces conquered the Gilberts in November 1943. Next on the agenda was Operation Flintlock, a plan to capture the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault. AdmiralRaymond Spruance led the 5th Fleet from Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, to the Marshalls, with the goal of getting 53,000 assault troops ashore two islets in the north: Roi and Namur. Meanwhile, using the Gilberts as an air base, American planes bombed the Japanese administrative and communications center for the Marshalls, which was located on Kwajalein, an atoll in the south that was part of the Marshall cluster of atolls, islets, and reefs.
By January 31, Kwajalein was devastated. Repeated carrier- and land-based air raids eliminated every Japanese airplane on the Marshalls. By February 3, U.S. marines overran Roi and Namur atolls. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. The Marshalls were then effectively in American hands – with the loss of only 400 American lives.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the U.S.U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944
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Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping cent...

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

Operation Crossroads was a series of two nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships.
The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by JointArmy/NavyTask Force One, headed by Vice AdmiralWilliam H. P. Blandy, rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in BikiniLagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ).
The first test was Able. The bomb, named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 eponymous film, was dropped from the B-29 SuperfortressDave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946, and detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet. It caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb, known as Helen of Bikini, was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep water test, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast.
Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island, with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

Operation Crossroads was a series of two nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships.
The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by JointArmy/NavyTask Force One, headed by Vice AdmiralWilliam H. P. Blandy, rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in BikiniLagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ).
The first test was Able. The bomb, named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 eponymous film, was dropped from the B-29 SuperfortressDave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946, and detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet. It caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb, known as Helen of Bikini, was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep water test, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast.
Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island, with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
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On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
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The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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Operation Crossroads Nuclear Bomb Test (1946)

Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. It was the first test of a nuclear weapon since the Trinity nuclear test in July 1945, and the first detonation of a nuclear device since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Its purpose was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships.
Crossroads consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ): Able was detonated at an altitude of 520 feet (160 m) on July 1, 1946; Baker was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. A third burst, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Charlie was rescheduled ...

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U.S. NAVY SECOND BATTLE OF MIDWAY Gooney Birds MOVIE 2712

The clumsy GooneyBirds of MidwayIsland were always considered part of the atoll's charm. But the birds posed real hazards to Navy aircraft, and the birds had to be cleared from the runway so planes could land during WWII. In the post-war era, the increasing importance of Midway as a way station and Cold War outpost led to astonishingly large numbers of incidents with birds and aircraft. While at first blush this might not seem too serious, there was a very real financial cost to so many aborted takeoffs and damage caused by bird strikes. Plus, lives were on the line and not just those of humans. This film, produced in the 1960s, illustrates the problem and discusses some of the proposed solution -- which might include moving the birds to another island. In the end that did not happe...

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The Bang Bang Club (2003)

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Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. It was the first test of a nuclear weapon since the Trinity nuclear test in July 1945, and the first detonation of a nuclear device since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Its purpose was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships.
Crossroads consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ): Able was detonated at an altitude of 520 feet (160 m) on July 1, 1946; Baker was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. A third burst, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast. The Crossroads tests were the fourth and fifth nuclear explosions conducted by the United States (following the Trinity test and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). They were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps.
To prepare the atoll for Operation Crossroads, Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island. Many were moved to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although there are claims that participants in the Operation Crossroads tests were well protected against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test resulted in the radioactive contamination of all the target ships. It was the first case of immediate, concentrated local radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. It was the first test of a nuclear weapon since the Trinity nuclear test in July 1945, and the first detonation of a nuclear device since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Its purpose was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships.
Crossroads consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ): Able was detonated at an altitude of 520 feet (160 m) on July 1, 1946; Baker was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. A third burst, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast. The Crossroads tests were the fourth and fifth nuclear explosions conducted by the United States (following the Trinity test and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). They were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps.
To prepare the atoll for Operation Crossroads, Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island. Many were moved to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although there are claims that participants in the Operation Crossroads tests were well protected against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test resulted in the radioactive contamination of all the target ships. It was the first case of immediate, concentrated local radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

The clumsy GooneyBirds of MidwayIsland were always considered part of the atoll's charm. But the birds posed real hazards to Navy aircraft, and the birds had to be cleared from the runway so planes could land during WWII. In the post-war era, the increasing importance of Midway as a way station and Cold War outpost led to astonishingly large numbers of incidents with birds and aircraft. While at first blush this might not seem too serious, there was a very real financial cost to so many aborted takeoffs and damage caused by bird strikes. Plus, lives were on the line and not just those of humans. This film, produced in the 1960s, illustrates the problem and discusses some of the proposed solution -- which might include moving the birds to another island. In the end that did not happen and the base today is abandoned, and the Gooneys are still there. (One fun aspect of this film, is that the health and safety of the Gooneys is never taken into account, nor are any environmental considerations. It just wasn't the right era!) This film is part of the PeriscopeFilmLLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

The clumsy GooneyBirds of MidwayIsland were always considered part of the atoll's charm. But the birds posed real hazards to Navy aircraft, and the birds had to be cleared from the runway so planes could land during WWII. In the post-war era, the increasing importance of Midway as a way station and Cold War outpost led to astonishingly large numbers of incidents with birds and aircraft. While at first blush this might not seem too serious, there was a very real financial cost to so many aborted takeoffs and damage caused by bird strikes. Plus, lives were on the line and not just those of humans. This film, produced in the 1960s, illustrates the problem and discusses some of the proposed solution -- which might include moving the birds to another island. In the end that did not happen and the base today is abandoned, and the Gooneys are still there. (One fun aspect of this film, is that the health and safety of the Gooneys is never taken into account, nor are any environmental considerations. It just wasn't the right era!) This film is part of the PeriscopeFilmLLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

The Bang Bang Club (2003): At the end of apartheid in South Africa, a group of four photographers, known as 'The Bang Bang Club', captured some of the most compelling pictures of the transition to democracy.
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Unlike other photographers, members of the ‘Bang Bang Club’ ventured into black townships to witness scenes of bloody battles. Spurred on by adrenaline, they placed their lives in danger to capture the events that most whites were unaware of. As street fighting ensued the murder of Ken Oosterbroek is caught on camera. The photographers earned the respect and admiration of leading figures like Bill Clinton but faced bitterness from less courageous peers. The emotional and psychological impacts of conflict journalism led Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Carter to commit suicide and left the others with severe post-traumatic stress.
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U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

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This short film – originally titled as "YanksInvade the Marshall Islands" – is an amazing World War 2-era newsreel about the Marshall Islands Campaign.
In thePacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands Campaign (Jan - Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire. The purpose of the Campaign was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming Allied operations across the Central Pacific. The battle for the Marshall Islands was one of the most significant battles of the Pacific War.
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The Marshalls, east of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, had been in Japanese hands since World War 1. Occupied by the Japanese in 1914, they were made part of the “Japanese Mandated Islands” as determined by the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded the First World War, stipulated certain islands formerly controlled by Germany – including the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas (except Guam – had to be ceded to the Japanese, though “overseen” by the League. But the Japanese withdrew from the League in 1933 and began transforming the Mandated Islands into military bases. Non-Japanese, including Christian missionaries, were kept from the islands as naval and air bases – meant to threaten shipping lanes between Australia and Hawaii – were constructed.
During the Second World War, these islands, as well as others in the vicinity, became targets of Allied attacks. The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign began with the Gilbert Islands, south of the Mandated Islands; U.S. forces conquered the Gilberts in November 1943. Next on the agenda was Operation Flintlock, a plan to capture the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault. AdmiralRaymond Spruance led the 5th Fleet from Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, to the Marshalls, with the goal of getting 53,000 assault troops ashore two islets in the north: Roi and Namur. Meanwhile, using the Gilberts as an air base, American planes bombed the Japanese administrative and communications center for the Marshalls, which was located on Kwajalein, an atoll in the south that was part of the Marshall cluster of atolls, islets, and reefs.
By January 31, Kwajalein was devastated. Repeated carrier- and land-based air raids eliminated every Japanese airplane on the Marshalls. By February 3, U.S. marines overran Roi and Namur atolls. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. The Marshalls were then effectively in American hands – with the loss of only 400 American lives.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the U.S.U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944
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1:30:28

Wave Piloting in the Marshall Islands || Radcliffe Institute

As part of the 2016–2017 Oceans Lecture Series, John Huth leads a panel discussion in whic...

Marshall Islands and Climate Change

Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

1:03

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it...

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

5:15

Liquid Fixation

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The F...

Operation Crossroads Nuclear Bomb Test (1946)

Operation Crossroads was a series of two nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships.
The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by JointArmy/NavyTask Force One, headed by Vice AdmiralWilliam H. P. Blandy, rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in BikiniLagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ).
The first test was Able. The bomb, named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 eponymous film, was dropped from the B-29 SuperfortressDave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946, and detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet. It caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb, known as Helen of Bikini, was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep water test, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast.
Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island, with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

3:19

Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, w...

Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
Full episodes of Democracy Now! can be viewed at the link: https://www.freespeech.org/collection/democracy-now

The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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#Breaking Iran has detained a Marshall Island Flag Ship NOT A US SHIP!

A Marshall Island-flagged vessel has received fire and been boarded by Iranian naval force...

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In the Pacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands campaign (1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire.
This World War 2 documentary shows us how the U.S. Marines prepared to and invaded the Marshall Islands using tremendous firepower before landing troops. It contains very graphic battle footage, including dead, wounded, and surrendering Japanese soldiers, as well as dead and wounded Americans.
WW2Battles: Battle for the Marshall Islands | 1944 | WW2 Documentary Film with Graphic War Footage
Original title of the documentary: What Makes a Battle
About the Marshall Islands campaign:
In the Pacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands campaign (29 Jan 1944 - 21 Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps in the Central Pacific. The purpose was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming operations across the Central Pacific.
The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire.
About the Battle of Kwajalein:
The Battle of Kwajalein was fought as part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It took place from 31 January-3 February 1944, on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
In the months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Kwajalein Atoll was the administrative center of the Japanese 6th Fleet Forces Service, whose task was the defense of the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and Roi-Namur in the north. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping (leapfrogging) march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the US.

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Marshall Islands, Pacific Islands travel destination

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The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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A drone video provided to The WorldPost by the MajuroWater and Sewer Company shows the seven freshwater reservoirs near Majuro's international airport. The airport's runway is the catchment area that fills these reservoirs: rain falls on the tarmac and is funneled to pipes underground, then pumped into the holding pools. During intense drought, when little rain falls, these reservoirs can become dangerously depleted
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U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

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This short film – originally titled as "YanksInvade the Marshall Islands" – is an amazing World War 2-era newsreel about the Marshall Islands Campaign.
In thePacific Theater of World War 2, the Marshall Islands Campaign (Jan - Feb 1944) was a key strategic operation of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire. The purpose of the Campaign was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming Allied operations across the Central Pacific. The battle for the Marshall Islands was one of the most significant battles of the Pacific War.
The scenes of the newsreel were filmed under fire by combat photographers.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The Marshalls, east of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, had been in Japanese hands since World War 1. Occupied by the Japanese in 1914, they were made part of the “Japanese Mandated Islands” as determined by the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded the First World War, stipulated certain islands formerly controlled by Germany – including the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas (except Guam – had to be ceded to the Japanese, though “overseen” by the League. But the Japanese withdrew from the League in 1933 and began transforming the Mandated Islands into military bases. Non-Japanese, including Christian missionaries, were kept from the islands as naval and air bases – meant to threaten shipping lanes between Australia and Hawaii – were constructed.
During the Second World War, these islands, as well as others in the vicinity, became targets of Allied attacks. The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign began with the Gilbert Islands, south of the Mandated Islands; U.S. forces conquered the Gilberts in November 1943. Next on the agenda was Operation Flintlock, a plan to capture the Marshall Islands.
Employing the hard-learned lessons of the battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault. AdmiralRaymond Spruance led the 5th Fleet from Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, to the Marshalls, with the goal of getting 53,000 assault troops ashore two islets in the north: Roi and Namur. Meanwhile, using the Gilberts as an air base, American planes bombed the Japanese administrative and communications center for the Marshalls, which was located on Kwajalein, an atoll in the south that was part of the Marshall cluster of atolls, islets, and reefs.
By January 31, Kwajalein was devastated. Repeated carrier- and land-based air raids eliminated every Japanese airplane on the Marshalls. By February 3, U.S. marines overran Roi and Namur atolls. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. The Marshalls were then effectively in American hands – with the loss of only 400 American lives.
For the US, the battle represented both the next step in its island-hopping march to Japan and a significant moral victory because it was the first time the Americans had penetrated the "outer ring" of the Japanese Pacific sphere. For the Japanese, the battle represented the failure of the beach-line defense. Japanese defenses became prepared in depth, and the battles of Peleliu, Guam, and the Marianas proved far more costly to the U.S.U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944
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NOTE: THE VIDEO DOCUMENTS HISTORICAL EVENTS. SINCE IT WAS PRODUCED DECADES AGO, IT HAS HISTORICAL VALUES AND CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A VALUABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN UPLOADED WITH EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. ITS TOPIC IS REPRESENTED WITHIN HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THE VIDEO DOES NOT CONTAIN SENSITIVE SCENES AT ALL!

1:30:28

Wave Piloting in the Marshall Islands || Radcliffe Institute

As part of the 2016–2017 Oceans Lecture Series, John Huth leads a panel discussion in whic...

Marshall Islands and Climate Change

Dr. John D. Harper, FGSA,FGAC, PGeol., former director of the Geological Survey of Canada, discusses whether or not the Marshall Islands are sinking due to sea level rise from global warming, or if it is a matter of erosion of these tiny islands by the forces of the sea. He notes that other geologic and ocean factors affect the rise or fall of land. These are unrelated to human effects on climate. He points out that Prince Edward Island may be affected by sea level rise at some point, though much of the land in the region is still rising due to post-glacial rebound from the melting of massive glacial ice, thousands of years ago.

1:03

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it...

Sheets of Rain in Ebeye's Streets

Ebeye is a dynamic place, and it is entirely unique! Although we did not live in Ebeye (it was Gugeegue, some islands away by causeway), the bank, shopping center, communications center, post office, as well as a number of schools, churches, and other places of importance are located there.
This video from 2011 shows rain falling and child loving it!

5:15

Liquid Fixation

Adventures in the FSM through the end of 2016.
Music: The Funeral by Band of Horses
The F...

Operation Crossroads Nuclear Bomb Test (1946)

Operation Crossroads was a series of two nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships.
The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by JointArmy/NavyTask Force One, headed by Vice AdmiralWilliam H. P. Blandy, rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in BikiniLagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ).
The first test was Able. The bomb, named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 eponymous film, was dropped from the B-29 SuperfortressDave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946, and detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet. It caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb, known as Helen of Bikini, was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep water test, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast.
Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island, with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

3:19

Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, w...

Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit

On Tuesday, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child. "Even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist," she writes, "that the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Maldives and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and floods of Pakistan, Algeria, and Colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidalwaves didn’t exist. Still there are those who see us hands reaching out."
Full episodes of Democracy Now! can be viewed at the link: https://www.freespeech.org/collection/democracy-now

The Marshall Islands are a sprawling chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. In the northwest, Bikini Atoll’s largely undisturbed waters, used as a ship graveyard after World War II, are now a popular wreck dive site. NearMajuro Atoll, which holds the islands' capital and largest settlement, the coral reef at Kalalin Pass teems with marine life.
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US ArmyPostKwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing.
The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.
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Operation Crossroads Nuclear Bomb Test (1946)

Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. It was the first test of a nuclear weapon since the Trinity nuclear test in July 1945, and the first detonation of a nuclear device since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Its purpose was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships.
Crossroads consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ): Able was detonated at an altitude of 520 feet (160 m) on July 1, 1946; Baker was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. A third burst, Charlie, planned for 1947, was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast. The Crossroads tests were the fourth and fifth nuclear explosions conducted by the United States (following the Trinity test and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). They were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps.
To prepare the atoll for Operation Crossroads, Bikini's native residents agreed to evacuate the island. Many were moved to the Rongerik Atoll. Later, in the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini unfit for subsistence farming and fishing. Because of radioactive contamination, Bikini remains uninhabited as of 2013, though it is occasionally visited by sport divers. Although there are claims that participants in the Operation Crossroads tests were well protected against radiation sickness, one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test resulted in the radioactive contamination of all the target ships. It was the first case of immediate, concentrated local radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. ChemistGlenn Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster."

U.S. NAVY SECOND BATTLE OF MIDWAY Gooney Birds MOVIE 2712

The clumsy GooneyBirds of MidwayIsland were always considered part of the atoll's charm. But the birds posed real hazards to Navy aircraft, and the birds had to be cleared from the runway so planes could land during WWII. In the post-war era, the increasing importance of Midway as a way station and Cold War outpost led to astonishingly large numbers of incidents with birds and aircraft. While at first blush this might not seem too serious, there was a very real financial cost to so many aborted takeoffs and damage caused by bird strikes. Plus, lives were on the line and not just those of humans. This film, produced in the 1960s, illustrates the problem and discusses some of the proposed solution -- which might include moving the birds to another island. In the end that did not happen and the base today is abandoned, and the Gooneys are still there. (One fun aspect of this film, is that the health and safety of the Gooneys is never taken into account, nor are any environmental considerations. It just wasn't the right era!) This film is part of the PeriscopeFilmLLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

26:45

The Bang Bang Club (2003)

The Bang Bang Club (2003): At the end of apartheid in South Africa, a group of four photog...

The Bang Bang Club (2003)

The Bang Bang Club (2003): At the end of apartheid in South Africa, a group of four photographers, known as 'The Bang Bang Club', captured some of the most compelling pictures of the transition to democracy.
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Unlike other photographers, members of the ‘Bang Bang Club’ ventured into black townships to witness scenes of bloody battles. Spurred on by adrenaline, they placed their lives in danger to capture the events that most whites were unaware of. As street fighting ensued the murder of Ken Oosterbroek is caught on camera. The photographers earned the respect and admiration of leading figures like Bill Clinton but faced bitterness from less courageous peers. The emotional and psychological impacts of conflict journalism led Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Carter to commit suicide and left the others with severe post-traumatic stress.
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